Explore 16 historical events from 790–799.
Pope Leo III was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death on 12 June 816.
Pope Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as describ
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the term used by historians to describe a set of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia was beheaded on the orders of Offa of Mercia
Æthelberht, also called Saint Ethelbert the King was an 8th-century saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk an…
Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia
Mercia was an early medieval English kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon period. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as t…
While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of
Æthelred, was the king of Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 790 until he was murdered in 796. He was the son of Æthelwald Moll and Æthelthryth and possibly became king whi…
King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada
Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically, such as from a disease, birth defect, or wound. General societal attitudes towards d…
After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemag
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a…
Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the Britis
Kardam was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized …
Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI is seized by supporters of his mother Irene, deposed and blinded.
Hisham I Al-Reda ibn Abd ar-Rahman was the second Emir of Cordoba, ruling from 788 to 796 in al-Andalus.
Hisham I, Muslim emir (b
Pope Leo III was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death on 12 June 816.
Pope Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as describ
Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically, such as from a disease, birth defect, or wound. General societal attitudes towards d…
After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemag
Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father Ja'far al-Sadiq. Born around 745 in Medi…
Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (born 745)
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized …
Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI is seized by supporters of his mother Irene, deposed and blinded.
Æthelred, was the king of Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 790 until he was murdered in 796. He was the son of Æthelwald Moll and Æthelthryth and possibly became king whi…
King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada
Hisham I Al-Reda ibn Abd ar-Rahman was the second Emir of Cordoba, ruling from 788 to 796 in al-Andalus.
Hisham I, Muslim emir (b
Eanbald I of York died on 10 August 796, was an 8th-century Archbishop of York.
Eanbald, archbishop of York
Offa was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in 796. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period o…
Offa of Mercia (born 730)
Mercia was an early medieval English kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon period. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as t…
While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of
Emperor Kanmu , or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kammu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the scope…
Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto).
Æthelberht, also called Saint Ethelbert the King was an 8th-century saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk an…
Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia
Fastrada was queen consort of East Francia by marriage to Charlemagne, as his third wife.
Fastrada, Frankish noblewoman (born 765)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the term used by historians to describe a set of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia was beheaded on the orders of Offa of Mercia
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a…
Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the Britis
Kardam was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
Jænberht was a medieval monk, and later the abbot, of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, who was named Archbishop of Canterbury in 765. As archbishop, he had a difficult relationshi…
Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury